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India
Working Group Meeting |
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Mihir
Desai, Organizer |
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December
16, 2005 |
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NBER |
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2nd
Floor Conference Room |
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1050
Massachusetts Avenue |
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Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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PRELIMINARY
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THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 15 |
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6:30 pm |
Dinner |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel, 5 Cambridge Parkway,
Cambridge, MA |
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16: |
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8:00 am |
Shuttle bus from Royal Sonesta Hotel to NBER |
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8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:30 am |
ABHIJIT BANERJEE, MIT |
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SHAWN COLE, Harvard University |
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ESTHER DUFLO, MIT and NBER |
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LEIGH LINDEN, Columbia University |
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Remedying Education:
Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India |
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9:20 am |
ESTHER DUFLO, MIT and NBER |
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REMA HANNA, New York University |
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10:00 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:20 am |
JAGADEESH SIVADASAN, University of Michigan |
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JOEL SLEMROD, University of Michigan and NBER |
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Tax Law Changes, Income
Shifting and Measured Wage Inequality: Evidence from India |
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11:10 am |
KALPANA KOCHHAR, UTSAV KUMAR, ARVIND SUBRAMANIAN
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IOANNIS TOKATLIDIS, International Monetary Fund |
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RAGHURAM RAJAN, International Monetary Fund and
NBER |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch |
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12:45 pm |
SIDDHARTHA DASTIDAR, Columbia University |
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RAYMOND FISMAN, Columbia University and NBER |
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TARUN KHANNA, Harvard University |
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1:35 pm |
I. SERDAR DINC, University of Michigan |
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NANDINI GUPTA, Indiana University |
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The Decision to Privatize:
The Role of Political Competition and Patronage |
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2:15 pm |
Coffee Break |
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2:30 pm |
ERIC EDMONDS and NINA PAVCNIK, Dartmouth College
and NBER |
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PETIA TOPALOVA, Yale University |
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Trade Liberalization,
Child Labor, and Schooling: Evidence from India |
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3:20 pm |
KAIVAN MUNSHI,
Brown University and NBER |
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MARK
ROSENZWEIG, Yale University |
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Why is Mobility in India so Low? Social Insurance, Inequality, and Growth |
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4:10 pm |
MARIANNE
BERTRAND, University of Chicago and NBER |
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SIMEON
DJANKOV, The World Bank |
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REMA
HANNA, New York University |
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SENDHIL
MULLAINATHAN, MIT and NBER |
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Is
Corruption Efficient? Getting a
Driving License in New Delhi |
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5:00 pm |
Adjourn
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11/21/05 |
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